What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Bopomofo read?

Bopomofo reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Bopomofo have?

Bopomofo has 77 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Bopomofo

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Bopo

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Bopomofo is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian (77 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Bopomofo reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Bopomofo

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Bopomofo
ISO Code	Arab	Bopo
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	East Asian
Characters	1,413	77
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Semisyllabary
Descended From	Nabataean	Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	—
Unicode Ranges	U+0600–U+06FF U+0750–U+077F U+0870–U+089F U+08A0–U+08FF U+FB50–U+FDFF U+FE70–U+FEFC U+10E60–U+10E7E U+10EC2–U+10EFF U+1EE00–U+1EEF1	U+02EA–U+02EB U+3105–U+312F U+31A0–U+31BF